No Nukes! Scratch That. Yes Nukes!

A lot of energy experts argue that we need more nuclear energy to hit our climate goals. But nuclear energy has a bad rap. The demand for more energy to power AI systems for big cloud providers could be a tipping point. Amazon is joining Google and Microsoft in going big on nuclear power. “While the AI boom has boosted revenues for major tech companies, the technology’s massive demand for energy is hindering climate change efforts.” (If we don’t find a good solution, it could hinder climate change efforts for all of us.)

+ Amazon, Google make dueling nuclear investments to power data centers with clean energy.